Major Changes in the Second Edition

The major changes in the second edition are of three types.

First, the second edition includes new or expanded rules for the citation of the following materials:

• advice to the Attorney-General on the consistency of Bills with the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 (rule 5.4);
• cases in New Zealand’s Lost Cases Project (rule 3.7.2);
• court transcripts (rule 3.8);
• decisions of modern international criminal courts and tribunals (rule 10.2.2);
• early New Zealand reported decisions (rule 3.2.5(e));
• eBooks (rule 6.1.9);
• forthcoming works (rule 6.8);
• historic cases reported in newspapers (rule 3.7.1);
• International Law Commission materials (rule 10.4.3);
• Independent Police Conduct Authority determinations (rule 5.4);
• letters patent (rule 4.5);
• minutes and rulings given during a trial (rule 3.4.7);
• online edition of Halsbury’s Laws of England (rule 6.5.2);
• online editions of newspapers and magazines (rule 7.2.5(b));
• orders in council (rule 4.3);
• podcasts (rule 7.1.8);
• proclamations (rule 4.6);
• regulatory impact statements (rule 5.4);
• reports of the Attorney-General under s 7 of the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 (rule 5.4);
• reports of the Ombudsmen (rule 5.4));
• select committee reports (rule 5.2.5);
• sources in foreign languages (rule 1.1.1(f));
• statutory instruments other than orders in council, including deemed regulations and determinations of the remunerations authority (rule 4.4);
• unreported international arbitral decisions (rule 10.3.2); and
• Waitangi Tribunal reports (rule 3.6).

Second, in addition to specific new rules the second edition also includes:

• a list of court identifiers for early United Kingdom courts (see rule 8.4.3(a));
• a rule on how to refer to monetary amounts in foreign currencies (rule 1.2.4);
• a table of New Zealand court and tribunal identifiers (appendix 1);
• an update to the rules on the citation of European Union materials to reflect changes in the structure of the European Union (rule 10.5);
• clarification of when to use footnotes (rule 2.2.2);
• guidance on citation of sources of international materials not covered by the guide (see rule 10); and
• updated information about neutral citations for New Zealand courts and tribunals (see rule 3.3.3).

Third, three major substantive changes have been made to the rules for the citation of international materials:

• Rule 2.3) on cross-referencing has been amended. The three former styles of cross-referencing have been consolidated into two styles. There is now a new general style (that applies to, among other types of writing, student work, academic work, court submissions and judgments) and a style used by commercial publishers.
• Rule 10.1 on treaties has been amended to include a treaty series as part of the citation.
• Rule 10.4.2 on United Nations materials has been amended to simplify the format for citation of older United Nations materials that do not have a United Nations document number.